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Cleared Accenture Skill interview by answering almost all the questions and received congratulatory mail for HR round and submitting all documents. Then after a week received a call from HR saying that due to some technical issue, the skills round will happen again and an online assessment was set up. In the assessment, questions which were not directly related to the profile were asked and then a rejection mail was received. Does this happen a lot?
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Looking for producer roles - NYC as well.
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Unfortunately, the landscape of advertising has changed. Fewer agencies and people, willing to work for far below the market rate doesn’t help. I’m in the same situation, in Seattle for a year and a half and still looking, with same results of no calls and generic emails. Look for advertising meetups and get some connections for freelance work and helps open more doors and pathways, into an agency, in-house or more lucrative freelance roles.
To say the landscape has changed is an understatement.
My favorite is that the new places look at your book and assume you can ONLY work in the industries that you’ve done work for in the past. That’s not how Creative works, my buds.
If you’re getting a lot of automated messages I highly suggest using a resume writer to review your resume. Keywords might not getting picked up. I hired one (btw don’t use topresume) and he redid my resume and my call backs immediately increased. LinkedIn premium also helps as it puts your resume at the top of a recruiters list.
You are right, but little you can do. Best way I’ve found is applying for jobs through connections. Then the person has at least a little motivation not to ghost you. Or your connection can do a subtle follow up for some details.
Hang in there and don’t get discouraged. It will take as long as it takes.
A couple years ago, I was in the same boat. Been freelancing ever since. LinkedIn is a great go-to to get connections and track the industry. But all my jobs... ALL have come through personal contacts, mostly people I've worked with before, and particularly people outside of creative, like PMs, producers, and HR. Send some emails, buy them a coffee, and plant a seed that you're ready willing and able when they're a little short handed. It'll pay off on the long run.
Start going to as many meetups/networking events as possible. If none exist in your area you’re in luck as you can start your own......also build stuff, and just start networking with local businesses for some consultation. You’d be surprised how easy it can be depending on your skillset.
So it started getting better the past week or so - and now I feel like I’m getting ghosted :/